COMBAT! s.3 ep.5: "The Silver Service" (1964)

[@quentinburns8298]

The disconnected vignettes around which this series is built is a brilliant way to tell stories of this war. They can tell a story, either about an event or about people, without having to connect it later. This episode is presumably an allegory for the early days of the battle of the bulge and the chaos that ensued until the Allies figured out what the hell was going on. The one where Saunders burned his hands and was lost: nobody goes back after that but they don't have to worry about that.

[@exjazzer]

My mother who is passed was a great fan of Mickey Rooney. He would write nice letters to her. In this episode we saw the more serious leader and hero side of Kirby (Jack Hogan) and it was nice to see the beautiful and talented Claudine Longet. These shows bring back memories of my childhood.

[@roenamorgan5863]

"Soldier Kirby( Actor Jack Hogan),were Clint Eastwood,and Steve McQueen in one:He was the hero the 'Silver Service',man that day: 7--21--2022'

[@davidburrow4584]

See how different women were back then, sweet and kind I've met a few nurses like that not long ago

[@joycelagas6218]

My nurses I had at ER were all of that. U of R strong west emergency. Also, my attending Dr. Laura! All awesome staff! ❤

[@JoeDrayton-s8c]

Kirby was one of the best actors on this show He Was really underrated.

[@JoeDrayton-s8c]

This was one of my favorite Episodes Kirby Jack Hogan was really A. Superb actor he showed that he could Carrie t show by himself if he need to. He showed 😊different personalities and i love show like this 😊

[@clementevaldez1271]

Loved the series (no recoil in the M1 Garand and all) it did have great writers and actors....they had boxes full of purple hearts because all of them got "nicked" lots of times....always came back to the lines...do not recall this episode...thanks for showing it...

[@avenegas0691]

Superb Mickey Rooney... A De Luxe Guest Star at "Combat" for sure! He himself just turned a TV series episode, in a WWII Short Movie!!!

[@josephdrayton3492]

I feel so thankful for all the soldiers the sacrifice so I can live free I noticed it's just dramatization of world war II but it really makes you think those soldiers went through hell and some people don't even appreciate it I can't imagine sitting in a hole freezing to death or having to get my toes amputated on my foot cut off wars hell

[@perpieta]

Another impressive slate of guest stars. Many of the other comments mention Rooney and Longet, so I'll just note that the grandfather is played by the great silent film star Ramon Novarro.

[@crisrojas8613]

Exactly! The great , talented, and the beautiful heartthrob in his younger years, Ramon Novarro. It's a pity how Hollywood wasted his talent and didn't value a wonderful man like him for decades until his tragic death.

[@sanimorbudeng220]

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[@pheejlauj8748]

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[@wayneschumacher130]

Knowing so much more than when I first watched the Series I've still appreciated it, but in a different way. Now I can see the inaccurate depictions I missed as a thirteen year old yet still have appreciation for the drama.

[@donsimon34]

these guys will never die...

[@joycelagas6218]

Alw!ys in our hearts 💕 😊

[@159yy]

so good to see Claudine Longet, she is a beautiful and wonderful actress!

[@manuelbermudez211]

And a great singer. Too bad she had to go to prison for the killing of Spider Sabatch back in the 80s. I’m sure she’s out now. Just hoping …

[@marcelsimard1555]

And a murderer

[@UberLummox]

Murderer for sure.

[@sauceboss2367]

Looked like Lou Reed at first🤣

[@RoenaMorgan]

"On that certain(snow)day,Actor Jack Hogan---soilder Kirby,was the hero!!!😮😊 10-13-2024'

[@johnb332]

Filmed at MGM. Rooney's home turf from 1934 to 1958. Ramon Navarro also. He starred in the original Ben Hur in 1925 and other films at MGM until 1953.

[@gregoryhumphrey2831]

One of the best episodes with Kirby. He steps up, becomes leader, protector, and wise soldier.

[@joedrayton1710]

I absolutely agree he should be in more episodes like that he's really a good actor

[@mikeywilkinsjr3769]

Saunders would’ve looked at him as a proud father

[@gregoryhumphrey2831]

@@mikeywilkinsjr3769 True!

[@muhammadnizam1736]

hmmm. di

[@TuanTran-lq3qu]

P là

[@justinoguerrero2932]

😮 Me a gustado ver la serie de Combate siempre desde que salia en tv hace tiempo gracias

[@antoniolaureano7148]

I remember watching this episode in our zenith B&W TV during my younger years

[@gorflunk]

The quality goes in before the name goes on!

[@oldreliable40]

me too!

[@markg.3426]

@@oldreliable40 Indeed!

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

RCA 19" BLACK AND WHITE VACUUM TUBEM

[@michaelterrell]

@@gorflunk Unlike Curtis Mathis, 'Ship the damned thing before it falls apart!' I had the misfortune to do warranty work on them, in the '70s. I had to repair sets that were dead when a store received them. Even worse was the 'Morse Electrophonic' home stereos that were advertised as 200 Watts. It was more like 2 watts per channel.

[@randy95023]

Thanks. When I think back at the second half of the 20th century, movies wouldn't have been the same without the "little guy". He is SO unique among a cast of tall handsome leading men that Mickey Rooney fills a niche that no other actor could fill. I've heard that he's also a great guy to work with.

[@grabit1]

Mickey Rooney is indeed something else. I'm glad you appreciate him. No wonder that Cary Grant thought he was the most talented person in Hollywood.

[@strattuner]

JACK HOGAN,real actor ,I think he just did this for steady money,i saw him in a western the other day,splendid actor,combat, man what a series,me and dad didn't agree on much,but when this show come out we shared popcorn,miss you dad,he was there,everywhere all over Europe fighting at age 18,i'll never be the man he was,i'm trying

[@djsi38t]

Claudinr longet...a beautiful young french actress/singer...she actually has a few records cut in the late 60's.She's in quite a few tv shows from back then and I hope she's still with us today.

[@davyc2193]

Yes, living in Aspen, Colorado

[@speedracer1945]

Very good episode with Mickey in a good role as a loser who only trying to bring his finally show his mother that he's not just a gambler. Good role for Kirby to shine in his own episode. This is one of my favorites.

[@randy95023]

As I write this comment (March 2013) Mickey Rooney is still alive and will turn 93 in September this year. Amazing actor for the little wise guy! He was in SO many different types of shows, playing such a variety of characters that even though he is really well known he never quite the credit of being a truly great actor. He is a part of 20th century Americana just as much as anyone else. A part of TV/Movies of the 1950's and '60s as any other actor. One of the Great Ones.

[@calanon534]

Well, he made it to 93. Mickey Rooney passed in April of 2014.

[@briquetaverne]

After watching over 65 years of Mickey Rooney films and TV spots, I can't believe what a ham he really was.

[@mf7482]

Now I've seen Claudine Longet in all three. 2nd season of 12 O'Clock High, 1st season of Rat Patrol and the 3rd season of Combat.

[@garywood9525]

Didn't she get connected to shooting her husband that was an olympic skier. kirby better keep an eye on her and stick to walking. She was also married to Andy Williams.

[@mf7482]

Yes I was in Colorado at the time, the skier's name was Spider Savich.

[@maureenorourke3292]

She is in the final episode of Combat also.

[@azizanijan4564]

@Hamish Johnson ;

[@Robbie_S]

Hogan Heroes and McHale's Navy as well.

[@sodbuster925]

jack hogan played a great part in this episode actually they all did this t v series was just great i cant get enough of combat

[@m42037]

He's still aluve

[@manuelbermudez211]

Patton put him in the stockade after the war for all of his insubordination and mouthing off. He’s supposed to be released when he turns 101 years old 😮😢😅. Just sayin …

[@speedracer1945]

One of my personal favorite. Finally Kirby episode bit Mickey Rooney shines .

[@kevinherring9290]

The good days of TV

[@vernwallen4246]

Great episode!🗽👍💁💕

[@davidharden8646]

love the old trucks, they had nice lines

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Old WWII trucks can still be found for sale. All you need is google and the cash.

[@saulpaulus]

Rooney AND Longet...quite the star power for this episode. Amazing Combat! didn't win an Emmy.

[@skipstreet]

Mickey gives me the creeps in this one. In Combat everyone gets a chance for redemption.

[@ThomasFletcher-ei5iz]

I worked with one gue that fought in Paris. He spent most of his time crawling under barb wire and hiding in barns.

[@billb2479]

Well unlike a previous episode without Saunders or Hanley, Cage and Kirby show they can hold an episode by themselves. And having Mickey Rooney as a guest star doesn't hurt!

[@BOBPortlandOr]

Mickey Rooney did an episode for Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999) called "Goodbye, My Friend". Filmed at a home I built. Just seeing him and thinking of all the shows I watched as a kid, shows that were made before i was born felt surreal.

[@motomark9736]

A guy who makes Kirby look like a gentleman what do you think about that

[@pejuangdunia3431]

I have always loved the show :)

[@numbersix8919]

Nice to see Jack Hogan get his own show with a real star, and see Kirby's personality developed more fully too.

[@piercemartin4499]

The unlikely hero. From con-man, to the heights of redemption - Mickey Rooney. Jack Hogan was a terrific actor. I think he is still alive. But all of the Squad were great." Combat," forever - that is the series not the awfulness of war. Great episode.

[@55102]

Kirby (Jack Hogan) and Doc (Conlan Carter) are still alive

[@mikejschin]

@@55102 Still true as of 10 October 2023.

[@MsGus57]

Thank you so much for making this specific episode available.

[@wimgrundyearth5753]

Kirby already has PTSD in this classic episode.

[@stonedimaculate1983]

im 30 and i love it. i watched it on late night tv when i was a kid

[@oktwister]

stonedimaculate1983 Me too! Watched with my dad.

[@johndeeter4030]

They went off and left Mickey alive in the snow to freeze to death..He was still breathing..LOL

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

With his silver. Lolol

[@Goodmanyousee]

Thank you so much.

[@oldiesfreek]

11:00 All that shelling gave Kirby a whole head of hair! LOL

[@edoedo8686]

Masterpiece of television. High drama in a story well told. Micky Rooney, was a master of drama as well.

[@Fuzzy2u]

Thanks these are great!

[@mrtravdawg]

My grandad found a sterling silver set like the one shown on this episode except it was WAY bigger. It was meant for seating a big table of SS officers. Everything in the chest had the SS emblem on it. He couldn't get it out of the underground German HQ he found it in with help because there wasn't enough time. The artillery was about to open up on the town he was in so he had to leave it. Would be worth around a million today probably.

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

Somebody got it!

[@manuelbermudez211]

I had to work day labor jobs for a while and one time we went out to clean the yard and garage in the Denver area. In the garage there were black velvet bags with the German war emblem’s on them. By the sound and the weight of them I said they must be silver flatware and tea sets. Afterwards some of the guys wanted to return and steal them. But me and all the older guys said NO cause we didn’t want or need the cops on our asses. Just remembering …

[@billhuber2964]

With the sunglasses and coat and hat Mickey Rooney looks like cartman from South Park.

[@edbecka233]

"Screw you guys, Ah'm goin HOME!"

[@daspiper8941]

I've been in love with Claudine Longet my entire life.

[@lsusmuggler]

Here she looks a lot like Anna Kendrick

[@videomaniac108]

In army basic training our SDI(senior drill instructor) punished me for leaving my rifle in place on the ground while I walked a short distance to dispose of some c-rat garbage. I had to low-crawl through wet red Georgia clay mud for a long distance. Needless to say, I never parted with my M-16 again.

[@reneparedes8876]

Gracias GR160289 por subir estos capitulos que lastima que los subtitulos no correspondan a los dialogos pero echamos a volar la imaginacion, recibe saludos desde mi tierra PACHUCA DE SOTO HIDALGO. MEXICO.

[@danrobinson572]

Good another episode in the mountains. Something different now maybe Kirby will do some skiing ⛷

[@tailgunnerrich592]

We must be in the Battle of the Bulge time frame in this episode.

[@CameronMcCreary]

Mickey Rooney was "all laughs" even when things were serious. Small man; big mouth!

[@chuckengle1922]

Love it for sure! just awesome!

[@kurtkauffman4326]

Original Airdate was on 10/20/1964.

[@davidburrow4584]

He always gets into trouble, that's Kirby

[@billboth4814]

Mickey Rooney AND Claudine Longet in the same episode! Quite the star power. COMBAT! must have been at the height of its popularity. The courage of Kirby & White is representative of the pockets of green or exhausted & outnumbered GIs whose courageous & stubborn resistance slowed the German advance & made US victory possible. What made the weather so unbearable was that GIs did not have adequate winter clothing. US forces suffered 64,000 weather-related casualties that winter. Fear of German atrocities was well justified. The SS were particularly brutal...slaughtering whole villages. Ike experimented with segregation during this battle. Thousands of African Americans were thrown into action alongside white troops for the first time since the Civil War. All African American artillery units served with special distinction in this battle.

[@billboth4814]

Some may believe that killing armed German soldiers justifies mass slaughter of unarmed civilians. I would disagree.

[@zacharycat603]

odds against throwing 5 straight 11s with fair dice are well over 1 million to 1.

[@garymazur2217]

Caje started out in this episode with Kirby, never showed what happened to him would have been better to show a split episode showing cajes perils as well. Or hooking back up with him in the end.

[@danrobinson572]

I agree when the 💣 were going off 💭 where Caje was at. They should of had a two part show.

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

Great idea!

[@longhea5471]

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[@djsi38t]

Mickey Rooney and Claudine Longet,absolutely fantastic cast in this one. A very interesting character Mickey played...At first you really don't like him,but you come to like him as the story goes on.In the end he really wasn't a bad guy.Honestly,I do think he stole that silver service but so what.....it was with good intentions anyway.

[@josephdrayton3492]

I agree

[@josephdrayton3492]

That was one of the best episode's I I've seen kirbyl was a good actor I don't know his real name but he really did a good job in that episode and that girl that plays Claudette she is beautiful

[@manuelbermudez211]

Theft is theft. Let someone steal a valuable from you or your family and see if it’s for a good cause like giving it to the thief’s mother. Just so she can have something nice and will be able to show it off to her family and friends.

[@manuelbermudez211]

And Kirby’s name is Jack Hogan. You can read it in the credits after every episode 😅. Just teaching YOU …

[@S62bhas]

Beautiful Story Amen

[@dindinprivate3477]

"Alll men can't be brave the same way."

[@bobmalack481]

Is that Claudine Long'et??..wow..Robert at 66.

[@matrox]

No one could have played that part better than Rooney.

[@ronroe3435]

Claudine Longet played in an episode of Hogan s heroes. Always liked her singing

[@quentinburns8298]

Hogan's Heroes was a disgrace. My father wouldn't even allow us to watch it.

[@edbecka233]

Twelve O'Clock High as well.

[@bobmalack481]

Kirby (Jack Hogan) is the best..lugged around a REAL B.A.R. on the set for realism at 20 odd lbs.Of course the trigger group was deactivated. Rest of cast had plastic/wood mock up weapons.

[@stevedandy973]

So, Kirby has a conscience after all.

[@njfromeriepa]

Anyone notice that Claudine's hair do was always great, never a mussed hair thru the whole time.

[@galencox4278]

Kirby taught Claudine how to shoot Spiders.

[@AlexanderWolle]

Kirby just earned a ton of respect!

[@billhuber2964]

Just a good man trying to come out

[@Liberatus]

The "KIRBINATOR" holds his own well..

[@danrobinson572]

Kirby is very street smart.

[@hungff2160]

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[@galencox4278]

He just so happens to find a BAR, what he normally carried.@@danrobinson572

[@danrobinson572]

@@galencox4278 yeah he did.

[@roddoney7568]

Funny seeing Mickey play a bad guy. Loved all his movies, but like Bob Hope, heard they both could be ornery.

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

Watch out when Mickey get mad! Lol When I saw him in person he was fired up about his money being stolen.

[@giefg551]

Both Kirby and the writer are excellent

[@stugabe33]

Claudine Longet played the role of the French maiden mademoiselle Claudette. She appeared a couple of times on Hogan's Heroes too.

[@mikejschin]

She was also in a season 5 episode of Combat.

[@doorswhofan]

Who was the clerk at the beginning, who "welcomes" Kirb & Caje? I definitely recognize him. Damn, this series was so full of future stars.

[@matrox]

You mean Norm Alden? Character actor from 50s-80s.

[@doorswhofan]

@@matrox Yes, that's him, thank you.

[@sunitalaipubam840]

Jason and vic morrow. Great hiro. Long live many...... I think god.

[@mrtravdawg]

Too funny. Rooney asking Kirby if he enjoyed his cold shower. Kirby responded that it was actually a hot one. Rooney saying well when you connections, you got connections. 😂 good one Mickey! Good one.

[@jesusmartinez-rb8wp]

This episode seems like a movie 😃

[@nonamegame9857]

They should have named this episode: "Andy Hardy hosts a tea party."😁

[@matrox]

Mickey McGuire gets drafted 😆.

[@billcotton1551]

Kirby should be careful Claudine Longet doesn't mistake him for Spider Sabich.

[@direwolf6234]

rooney's character was quite the scrounger to get an air corps winter sheepskin bomber jacket and matching hat...

[@videomaniac108]

I'm glad you liked it Elsbeth, as it is quite an amusing experience - in retrospect. I think at the time I looked like a messed up martian and felt like an earthworm. Later on I was to develop an even more intimate familiarity with things dirt, as in trench digging and sandbag filling.

[@wb6162]

Thanks GR!

[@CozterDonnyl]

15:51 I think she also appeared from the movie "The Party" by Peter Seller.....

[@billhuber2964]

Good flick. Lmao.😁😁😁😁😁

[@palerider660]

In some episodes I almost wanted Kirby to be a casualty. This one redeemed him in my view.

[@RubyBandUSA]

Kirby got reunited with a B.A.R., but why didn't he take one of the helmets?

[@blackhawkorg]

Well mom you lost a spud but got an antique silver set... good as it gets.

[@lordeden2732]

A hot antique Sliver tea set!

[@openmind1966]

Claudet Longet, one irresistibly beautiful woman.

[@palerider660]

I’m gonna get me a deuce & a half. It’ll come in real handy out here on the ranch.

[@bobsaturday4273]

man I loved this show as a kid , I can see why 54 yrs later , it ranks right up there with the greats like gunsmoke & hawaii5-0. this is real film art with deep storylines and brilliant acting for true to life character portrayal , not a phony brainwash for the sheeple by the military industrial amerikanazi elite for slaves in their staged wars and plunder of the world and the american public through illegal taxation .

[@palerider660]

Nicky Rooney plays the role of Gollum in this one. That silver is his ring of power. Greed is a horrible sin.

[@GoldenWinger001]

Bridges of Toko Ri all over again for Mickey.

[@garyadams4467]

I didn't think Mickey Rooney was tall enough to drive a truck ✅

[@pauldpa6359]

I'm just here for Claudine Longet : )

[@SOffenbach]

You wont be there long. Ask Spider.....

[@mikepaz8385]

Is this the only episode of Combat to take place in winter? I can’t recall seeing another one that didn’t seem it was summer time

[@josephweaver335]

If you really watched rooney he played a great part, good as drunk as he was a sober thief, and they were all over Europe in the 1940's U.S. Army!

[@doctorartphd6463]

Rooney gets too close, invades people's space. I'd hate that.

[@Liberatus]

Hogans chance to shine- nice job to.